Forget his previous misfire, Revolver — the old Guy Ritchie's back with his usual shady deals and shootouts that spring from a priceless relic some heavy's willing to chop up his rivals for.

These underworld piranhas bear little loyalty, and all transactions (legit or not) must flow through the hands of a grousing mobster named Lenny Cole (Tom Wilkinson). Lenny's in a bind; however, he's lost a "lucky" painting that a Russian businessman (Karel Roden) has lent him to cement their deal. The Russian in turn can't find the seed money he owes Lenny because upstart One Two (Gerard Butler), who's deep into Lenny, has absconded with it.

The back-and-forth gets played out too soon, but Ritchie spackles the plot holes over with slick visual wizardry. Wilkinson and Butler put in game performances, and the rest of the eclectic ensemble perform with gusto.

Review: Law Abiding Citizen If a thousand BostonHerald.com commenters chained to a thousand typewriters produced a movie script, it would probably read an awful lot like F. Gary Gray’s vigilante-revenge thriller.

Review: Gamer This film from Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor features two fictional games: Society and Slayers , and both involve the mind control of volunteers by gamers who pay to play.

Review: How To Train Your Dragon Animation directors Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders have fashioned a family entertainment that functions as a copy of James Cameron’s most successful film of all time.

Review: The Back-Up Plan As a pregnant single woman, Jennifer Lopez glows spectacularly. Director Alan Poul’s bland baby comedy, however, appears to have been a light labor.

Review: The Green Hornet If The Green Hornet were a car, it would be less like the lethally loaded '65 black Chrysler Imperial driven by the film's heroes and more like the homonymous shitbox discontinued by Dodge in 1987.

Review: The Debt Based on the 2007 Israeli film Ha-Hov, the story weaves present and past together, with most of the action surrounding the fateful mission and the perilous web of duty, passion, and betrayal that still haunts the agents.

Review: Machine Gun Preacher Jesus does funny things to people: one day you're sitting on a toilet shooting heroin; the next you're building an orphanage in war-torn southern Sudan.

HOLLYWOOD, RI-STYLE | July 30, 2014 The 2014 edition will premiere more than 240 films (features, shorts and documentaries) from 62 countries and 34 US states.

GLOBAL CINEMA, LOCAL FLAVOR | August 08, 2013 The 17th annual incarnation of the Rhode Island International Film Festival begins its weeklong run on August 6. The festival, which boasts more than 200 films from 65 countries, is a celebration of the cinematic arts with a campus feel and a focus on all things Rhode Island.

REVIEW: SAFE HAVEN | February 14, 2013 Somewhere along the way Nicholas Sparks went from being just a bestselling author of preachy schmaltz to a full-on franchise (he produces the movies of his books).